“If it had hit Earth, we would still be picking up the pieces.” After a potentially devastating solar flare missed Earth almost two years ago, our sun is going through a strangely quiet period during …

The University of Washington’s Astronomy Department will be contributing to the massive project of mapping the universe as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Made up of astronomers from over …

Washington’s famous volcanoes have recently become targets for researchers mapping their inner workings. Mount Rainier was the latest subject. University of Utah geophysicist Phil Wannamaker, as well …

The University of Washington’s botany greenhouse has grown an agave plant, normally native to some southwest states like Arizona and New Mexico, with an asparagus looking spike longer than nine feet. …